Bug 160333

Summary:	sys-kernel/genkernel: smarter doslowusb (DO_slowusb) triggering
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Fabio Erculiani <lxnay>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status:	VERIFIED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	hkbst
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.sabayonlinux.org
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	smarter "slowusb" triggering

Description Fabio Erculiani 2007-01-05 15:13:34 UTC

title says it all. Attacching the patch. Not the best solution but it:
- works
- does not harm
- is very useful

doslowusb option is automagically triggered only when really needed.

Comment 1 Fabio Erculiani 2007-01-05 15:20:15 UTC

Created attachment 105583 [details, diff]
smarter "slowusb" triggering

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-07 18:50:44 UTC

No.

This breaks support on the IBM bladecenter, at least.

Comment 3 Fabio Erculiani 2007-01-07 22:14:23 UTC

hey, it's just an enhancement, it does not break anything! doslowusb or --slowusb is still usable as before.

Comment 4 Fabio Erculiani 2007-01-07 22:16:23 UTC

btw, what a wonderful way of trying to improve this "slowusb" hack... why does it break? is the IBM bladecenter the only problem? I think that it could be fixed in the same way too... What a lazy answer :-(

Comment 5 Fabio Erculiani 2007-03-02 19:48:41 UTC

as usual... an incomplete answer... I don't usually expect this kind of feedback from a developer :S

Comment 6 Marijn Schouten (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-04 16:55:30 UTC

http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/genkernel/trunk/generic/initrd.scripts?rev=486&view=log

so, fixed instead?

Comment 7 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-05 12:22:48 UTC

No.  I've had some issues with the patch, especially on slower machines, as it causes some serious delays, which I am trying to work out.

Comment 8 Fabio Erculiani 2007-04-05 13:58:02 UTC

but it's in the SVN, so the resolution of this bug is wrong (WONTFIX).
maybe that the "serious" delay is caused by the "sleep 10" line...? That line was always triggered, even in the past, appending "doslowusb" boot option.
I still can't understand the reasons of what you wrote here, because you added that to the source code anyway... and it's there since _pre2 AFAIK.

Comment 9 Fabio Erculiani 2007-05-18 08:37:37 UTC

Ok, so reopening.

Comment 10 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-21 00:23:43 UTC

This caused a huge number of complaints on the 2007.0 release, so I am reverting this patch.

Comment 11 Fabio Erculiani 2007-06-21 06:04:27 UTC

true, because your patch contained a small bug. But, that's your problem.